
Promoting Wellness in Homes
Chemicals In Our Daily Products
With things like cancer, infertility, and other health challenges on the rise, there is no time like the present to kick all those nasty harmful chemicals in your everyday products to the curb. It is time to give your body what it deserves: clean products that support rather than hurt your body💕
Now lets talk about some of the most common and harmful chemicals that are in your every day products 🤢
❗️Fragrance-short term toxicity can include coughing, skin irritation, rash, wheezing, headaches, nausea, vomiting, and irritability. Long term toxicity can include cancer, lung disease, heart disease, and reproductive disorders. Found in: scented candles, perfumes, lotions, etc.
- Found in literally EVERYTHING
❗️Phthalates-a low-cost endocrine disrupting chemicals. In lab studies, it has shown the interfere with hormone production in rats and mimic estrogen in human studies.
- Found in plastic food packaging, lotions, skin moisturizers, fragrance, cleaners, glues, and nail polish.
❗️Propylene Glycol-this chemical is actually used in anti-freeze.
- Found in many household products such as deodorant, shampoo, baby products, and lotions.
❗️Formaldehyde-A highly toxic chemical that causes cancer, brain damage, allergies, and autoimmune disorders.
- Found in baby and pet shampoo, shampoo/conditioner, body wash, sunblocks, cosmetics, baby wipes, toothpaste, etc.
❗️Talc- A powder that is in many products but mostly found in baby and beauty products. Recently, a large lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson revealed talc powder as the cause of ovarian cancer.
I will say it a million times over friends. KNOW better, DO better. I made the switch 6 months ago and we have never felt better. A happy, non-toxic home is where it’s at!
